Vice President John Dramani Mahama has advised Muslims to harness the benefits of secular education for their social and economic development.
He noted that embracing secular education was still a challenge to Muslims and appealed to…
The Deputy Fanteakwa District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Victor Ampony, on Friday called for an end to the practice where some men hired others to kill people they suspected to be flir…
The United Arab Emirates Sunday decided to suspend some of the BlackBerry services like messenger, e-mail and web-browsing from October 11, days after India asked the Canadian firm to offer monitoring facility citing security concerns.
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A UNESCO-backed institute to be set up to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary in October will not find any place at Rajghat, a memorial to the Father of India, because of "important visitors" and conferences during the Commonwea…
Singapore Indians have formed Malayalam Language Education Society with an aim to promote teaching of Malayalam as one of the mother tongue languages in Singapore schools.
Welcoming the move, Law Minister K Shanmugam said: "Malayalam …
The Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Billy Williams, on Friday, commended World Vision Ghana, for its Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) Project in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The Commissioner…
Vice President John Mahama at the weekend urged all Muslims who wish to take part in this year's Hajj to abide by the time frame of the payments of the hajj fee, to ensure a smooth organization.
According to the Vice President, gover…
Vince Cable, the influential Business Secretary in the David Cameron cabinet, has returned from his recent India visit, flush with the impression that despite poverty, 'India is a success story'.
Cable wrote a lengthy account of the v…
Ms Florence Owusua Afriyie, a philanthropist, on Monday donated GHC 1,000 towards the upkeep of Marvelyn Ohemen Marfo, a hole in-heart child, at Madina, Accra.
Presenting the amount, Ms Afriyie, a hairdresser, indicated that the amo…
Ebenezer Nyan, a 20-year-old student of the Central University College in Accra and a past student of Adisadel College has been sentenced to a fine of GH�1,200 for using hot pressing iron to burn an 18-year-old student of Adisadel Colleg…
Two Indian citizens, who were residing in Britain "illegally" and found working in a clothing factory in the east Midlands town of Leicester, have been arrested and face deportation.
Acting on intelligence, officers of the UK Border…
Eminent Indian American physician and philanthropist Dr Sudhir Parikh, who was awarded with the prestigious Padam Shri this year, has been recognised in the US Congress for his extraordinary contribution.
"I applaud Dr Parikh's achi…
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, an international evangelist, on Sunday asked the Ghanaian media not to loose track of the time-tested fair and balanced reportage, in order to keep the country united.
"All media houses have the collective respons…
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education, on Saturday said plans to enrol the first year group to Senior High School this academic year, is on course and there should be no cause for alarm.
He said efforts were being made to ensure…
The Upper East Region has now a fourth Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio Station to serve the increasing population in the Region.
The new FM radio station called "Word FM 88.3" at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality has added to "G…
Mr Dedacus Afegra, Headmaster of the Bolgatanga Senior High School (SHSs) in the Upper East Region, at the weekend appealed to the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Electricity Company to consider SHSs as a domestic user since the school…
An active and transformative education policy backed by an equally transformative education infrastructure are vital for building knowledge based human resource and vital for sustained national development.
At the centre should be unl…
Mr Epsona Ayamga, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Bolgatanga Assembly in the Upper East Region, at the weekend observed that education is one of the major tools that could be used to combat poverty in the three Northern Regions.
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Ghana’s Sammi and Uganda’s Hannington were evicted from M-Net’s Big Brother All Stars house during last night’s live eviction show (1 August at 19:00 CAT on DStv Channel 198), but instead of jetting off back home, they found themse…
As part of activities to mark the Effutu Municipal National Service Personnel's Week celebrations, the personnel at the weekend donated items worth 500.00 Ghana Cedis to the Rafiki Orphanage at Gyahadze in the Central Region.
The ite…
Mr Alexander Boakye-Yiadom, Director of the King of Glory Early Childhood Development Centre in Koforidua, has said research he had conducted over the past 10 years showed that children from
broken homes were worse offenders of breaking s…
Ms Florence Owusua Afriyie, a hairdresser, on
Monday donated GHC 1,000 towards the upkeep of Marvelyn Ohemen Marfo, a hole-in-heart child, at Madina in Accra.
Presenting the amount Ms Afriyie said the money was not enough for the u…
The Ho Central branch of the Apostles
Revelation Society, on Monday paid to release from the Ho Women Prison, two babies and their mothers.
The Society, which is a Church, paid a total of GH�980 as total fines and compe…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC), on
Monday said it had released provisional results of the April 2010 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Prin…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday said
Government was not interested in muzzling the press and had no hand in the police debacle with the managements of Joy FM and the Ghanaian Times.
�We are not interested in seeing jo…
A Circuit Court in Accra on Monday sentenced a
student Nana Yaw Tuffuor to 24 years imprisonment for conspiracy and robbery.
Tuffuor who pleaded not guilty allegedly robbed Madam Hetty Ayittey a caterer at gun point of her three mob…
Mr Epsona Ayamga, Municipal Chief Executive
(MCE) of the Bolgatanga Assembly in the Upper East Region said education was one of the major tools that could combat poverty in the three northern regions.
The MCE, who said this at the G…
The Ghana Scout Association (GSA) has appealed to
the Police Administration to intervene in what it described as constant fear and robbery attacks at the Baiden Powell area near Bank of Ghana in Accra.
The Association said there hav…
Mr John Tia Akologu, Minister of Information, on
Monday inaugurated a 10-member Ministerial Advisory Board for the Ministry to ensure its smooth operation and promote good governance.
The Board would be chaired by the Minister, bac…
Superintendent of Police Mrs Debora Addison-Campbell of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), has expressed concern about the high level of indiscipline among pedestrians in the country.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Ac…
Parliament on Monday passed the Organized Crime
bill which seeks to establish a comprehensive legal framework to monitor, investigate and facilitate the prosecution of organized crime.
It is also to ensure the recovery of proceeds of…
Professor Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor
of University of Ghana (UG), on Friday inaugurated science laboratory equipment for three departments to help improve academic performance.
In addition a residential facility was ina…
A Senior Health Practitioner on Friday proposed
the establishment of a fund for the compensation of victims of medical accident or negligence.
Dr Divine Banyubala, Head of Medico-legal Unit, Ghana Health Service (GHS), who made the …
The President of the National House of Chiefs (NHC), Wulugu Naba Pugansoa Naa Professor John S. Nabila, has appealed to chiefs to make significant input to the Land Bill, to enable it
to stand the test of time.
"As custod…
Ms Adwoa Sakyi, a steering committee member of
Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), on Friday observed that only affirmative action could get more women into Ghana's parliament.
She therefore reiterated the call on all po…
India and US have signed an agreement on reprocessing of American nuclear spent fuel by
India, marking the final steps in terms of implementation of the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries.
Upon entry into force, …
The Saboba district in the northern region has taken delivery of over 340,000 uniforms for distribution to pupils in basic schools in the district.
Mr Joseph Nimpuri, Presiding Member of the Saboba District Assembly launched the dist…
The Mensah Sarbah Hall Alumni Association (MSHAA)
of the University of Ghana, has begun constructing a 2000-capacity hostel complex to help reduce the acute accommodation problem facing students of the hall.
The construction of the …
An ethnic Indian woman in Malaysia who is seeking to quash her three children's conversion to Islam by her ex-husband has been threatened by him not to pursue the court battle to get the custody of their youngest daughter, her lawyer claim…
The chiefs and people in communities within the
Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) concession areas, have declared their support for the takeover of the company by the Great Consolidated Diamond Limited (GCDL).
They have therefore ap…
The Asamankese Circuit Court will on August 16, give judgement in a case in which Augustine Awuku, a barber, is on trial for gang raping a 15-year old school girl with two others.
The two others charged with him, Foster Adjei and one…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, on Friday, commended Peace Advocates and Voluntary Organizers Association (PAVOA), for its numerous programmes and initiatives in promoting peace in the Region.
The Minister made the com…
The Information Services Department in conjunction with the Disease Control Unit of the Ministry of Health has embarked on a week long tour to create awareness on Tuberculosis (TB) in the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District.
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The Cape Coast High Court II presided over by Justice Alhaji Mohammed Mustapha on Friday sentenced two friends to a total of 90 years imprisonment for raping a girl leading to her death.
Ernest Andoh popularly called Kweku Ata 31, a …
The World Vision Ghana (WVG), an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Friday donated relief items to flood victims in Ga West Municipality at Amasman.
The items made up of 104 mattresses, 88 mats, 192 blankets and 93…
Professor Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor
of University of Ghana (UG), on Friday inaugurated science laboratory equipment for three departments to help improve academic performance.
In addition, a residential facility was in…
K M Mathew, Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama daily and a doyen of Indian media industry, passed away at his residence in south India on Sunday morning, family sources said.
He was 93. Mathew was a former Chairman of Press Trust of I…
Jantar Mantar, the Pink city's celebrated astronomical observatory built in early 18th century, has been granted World Heritage status by UNESCO.
The decision was taken in UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia.
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Participants at a Regional Consultation
Stakeholders workshop held in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region has called on Government to increase the budget allocation for the protection and
promotion of children�s rights.
At a stakehold…
The Odikro of Aiyinase-Nyamebekyere in the Ellembelle District, Nana Kweku Obo, at the weekend said the poor condition of the road makes them feel cut off from the rest of the district.
He said the community had been neglected for fa…